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The Emoji Movie has swept the board at Hollywood’s Razzie awards, which highlight the year’s worst films.

The animated film starring James Corden and Patrick Stewart was given four Golden Raspberry titles, including worst picture, director and screenplay.

In a statement, Razzies organizers branded The Emoji Movie a “talking poop opus”.

Tom Cruise was named worst actor for his performance in the reboot of The Mummy.

The Mummy was poorly reviewed by critics, who described it as “empty headed” and “one-note”.

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Golden Globes 2018: Anti-Harassment Speeches Dominate Awards Ceremony

Mel Gibson was named the worst supporting actor for the comedy Daddy’s Home 2.

In 1990, Donald Trump won the title for his cameo in Ghosts Can’t Do It.

The worst actress award was given to Tyler Perry for his performance as an elderly woman in Boo 2: A Medea Halloween.

Tyler Perry was nominated for the same award last year.

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Kim Basinger was named worst supporting actress for her performance in Fifty Shades Darker. The movie is the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey which won four Razzies in 2016.

The Razzies ceremony is held in Los Angeles every year, the day before the Academy Awards.

Organizers lampoon the nominees, voted for by the public, in a series of comedy sketches and show tunes.

Ahead of the awards, organizers said 87 of the top-earning 100 films in 2017 were “sequels, remakes or rip-offs”.

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has topped the US and Canada box office over the weekend with $56 million.

The fifth installment of the franchise is the second-highest opening for the series since Mission Impossible II‘s $57.8 million in 2000.

According to box office analysts Rentrak, 62% of the opening weekend audiences were male, and 81% over 25.Mission Impossible 5 tops US box office

Tom Cruise pulled off a turnaround after a string of underperforming movies, including Jack Reacher and Edge of Tomorrow, and managed to sidestep awkward questions about his belief in Scientology.

Vacation, billed as a semi-sequel to the classic 1983 National Lampoon road trip comedy, starring Chevy Chase, opened second with takings of $14.9 million.

Reviews of the comedy have not been particularly kind and, according to exit polls, audiences gave the film a B CinemaScore.

The already released Ant-Man, Minions and Pixels rounded out the top five.

North American box office Top 5:

  1. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation -$56 million
  2. Vacation – $14.9 million
  3. AntMan – $12.6 million
  4. Minions – $12.2 million
  5. Pixels – $10.4 million

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The Fault in Our Stars has topped the US box office over the weekend easily beating Tom Cruise’s action movie Edge of Tomorrow.

Tom Cruise’s time-shifting movie opened in third place, taking $29.1 million, despite a budget of $175 million.

The Fault in Our Stars made $48.2 million, against a more modest budget of $12 million, topping the US box office.

Based on John Green’s book, the tragic romance stars Shailene Woodley as a teenager with cancer. The audience was 82% female, film studio figures showed.

The Fault in Our Stars made $48.2 million, against a more modest budget of $12 million, topping the US box office

The Fault in Our Stars made $48.2 million, against a more modest budget of $12 million, topping the US box office

Box office analysts Rentrak said the movie’s success, alongside the likes of Twilight and The Hunger Games, showed how big-budget, male-orientated movies now struggled against those with a large, predominantly female, teenage audience.

Film studio Twentieth Century Fox said 79% of the audience for The Fault In Our Stars was under the age of 25.

The book – about a young couple who meet at a cancer support group – generated a huge following on social media and the trailer has been watched more than 21 million times on YouTube.

Edge of Tomorrow, which co-stars Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise in a Groundhog Day-style time loop as they battle an alien invasion, appealed more to men, who made up 61% of the audience.

However, the movie did top the international box office, taking a total of $82 million around the world – much of that in China, Korea and Russia.

Elsewhere in the US chart, Maleficent dropped to second place.

The Disney fairytale, starring Angelina Jolie, took $33.5 million in its second week after debuting in the top spot.

X-Men: Days of Future Past was in fourth place with Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane’s comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West fifth.

US and Canada box Top 5:

  1. The Fault in Our Stars – $48.2 million
  2. Maleficent – $33.5 million
  3. Edge of Tomorrow – $29.1 million
  4. X-Men: Days of Future Past – $14.7 million
  5. A Million Ways to Die in the West – $7.2 million

Source: Rentrak

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol producers and Tom Cruise are being sued for $1 billion by Timothy Patrick McLanahan who claims its script was based on his copyrighted screenplay.

Timothy Patrick McLanahan claims the 2011 release was “illegally written and produced” from his 1998 script Head On.

He filed legal papers against Tom Cruise, Paramount Pictures and several production companies in December 2013.

The documents have since been obtained and published by Radar Online.

In the court papers, Timothy Patrick McLanahan said he had originally sent his script to the William Morris Agency only to have it turned it down.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol producers and Tom Cruise are being sued for $1 billion by Timothy Patrick McLanahan who claims its script was based on his copyrighted screenplay

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol producers and Tom Cruise are being sued for $1 billion by Timothy Patrick McLanahan who claims its script was based on his copyrighted screenplay

“I was told by the agency that they could not use the script as a movie,” he writes.

He claims they then “shopped the script around the world” without his permission and passed it on to Creative Artist Agency (CAA), who represent Tom Cruise.

On watching Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the fourth movie to star Tom Cruise as agent Ethan Hunt, Timothy Patrick McLanahan said he “immediately recognized” the script.

The film took nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office, going on to earn more from DVD and Blu-ray sales.

“Because the Ghost Protocol film generated close to $1 billion, I am asking for this amount in damages,” said Timothy Patrick McLanahan in the court papers.

A fifth Mission: Impossible film is now in the works and is expected to be released in December 2015.

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Tom Cruise has decided to drop the defamation lawsuit against In Touch and Life & Style magazines after reaching a settlement of $50 million.

Tom Cruise, 50, launched legal action against owners at Bauer Media Group in November over the magazines’ 2012 suggestions that he had “abandoned” his daughter Suri following his divorce from actress Katie Holmes last year.

At the time of the filing, his attorney Bert Fields said: “Tom doesn’t go around suing people. He’s not a litigious guy. But when these sleaze peddlers try to make money with disgusting lies about his relationship with his child, you bet he’s going to sue.”

Tom Cruise has decided to drop the defamation lawsuit against In Touch and Life & Style magazines after reaching a settlement of $50 million

Tom Cruise has decided to drop the defamation lawsuit against In Touch and Life & Style magazines after reaching a settlement of $50 million

Tom Cruise’s lengthy deposition made waves as personal details about his private life were revealed, including his admission that his devotion to Scientology had been “one of” the reasons behind his split from Katie Holmes.

The case was set to go to trial, but Tom Cruise has since managed to resolve the dispute and papers for a lawsuit dismissal were filed in California federal court on Friday.

According to The Hollywood Reporter,  the terms of the settlement are confidential, although each party will be responsible for its own legal costs.

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Tom Cruise has strongly dismissed claims he has “abandoned” his daughter Suri following his divorce from actress Katie Holmes as “patently false”.

“I have in no way cut Suri out of my life,” Tom Cruise said in a declaration filed on Tuesday in a $50 million defamation case against magazine publisher Bauer.

Tom Cruise, 51, is suing Bauer over two 2012 tabloid stories that claimed he was absent from his 7-year-old daughter’s life.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced in June last year after six years of marriage.

The legal action relates to stories in Life & Style and In Touch magazines that claimed overseas film shoots had stopped Tom Cruise being a constant presence in Suri’s life.

Tom Cruise is suing Bauer over two 2012 tabloid stories that claimed he was absent from Suri's life

Tom Cruise is suing Bauer over two 2012 tabloid stories that claimed he was absent from Suri’s life

In documents made public by Radar Online, Tom Cruise acknowledged he was “a professional actor in motion pictures” whose job involved “extended periods of time in various parts of the world”.

However, Tom Cruise insisted he and his daughter remained “extremely close” and had a “wonderful relationship and cheerful phone calls”.

“While I’m sure my daughter misses me when I am not with her (as I miss her), she is a very happy child,” Tom Cruise’s statement read.

Suri, he continued, “has never indicated, in words or substance, that she has ever felt abandoned by me”.

Tom Cruise’s lawyers are asking a judge to order Bauer to declare it did not have any sources to support its contentions.

Bauer’s lawyers have argued the star’s motion should be rejected, referring to statements from confidential sources that allegedly support its claims.

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Tom Cruise let his guard down for the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Friday as he played a game of egg roulette with the show host and lost.

Tom Cruise, 50, picked from an assortment of raw and boiled eggs for the gag, and found out soon in the game things were about to get really messy.

The actor and the show host took turns picking from a carton holding eight boiled eggs and four raw eggs and smashed their chosen egg against their head. The game ends when someone breaks two raw eggs on their head and loses.

Tom Cruise went first and promptly smashed a raw egg against his hair, prompting Jimmy Fallon to double over in laughter.

“I told you I didn’t have a good feeling about this, man,” Tom Cruise told Jimmy Fallon with a smile.

Tom Cruise let his guard down for the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Friday as he played a game of egg roulette with the show host and lost

Tom Cruise let his guard down for the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Friday as he played a game of egg roulette with the show host and lost

Jimmy Fallon went next and picked a hard-boiled egg.

Tom Cruise on his second pick again chose a raw egg and broke it against his head.

It wasn’t the first time that Tom Cruise and Jimmy Fallon squared off.

They went eye-to-eye last December in a Water War game, which is based on the card game War and includes lots of water.

The winner of each hand got to douse his opponent with a cup of water and the first to run out of cups won the right to blast the loser with a toy water cannon.

Tom Cruise won and thoroughly drenched Jimmy Fallon.

The Hollywood star has been making the talk show circuit lately to promote his new sci-film Oblivion.

Tom Cruise visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night and also took part in a skit.

Jimmy Kimmel gave Tom Cruise an acting challenge by having him deliver ridiculous lines in a dramatic overtone.

“Is there a way to get the soup and the salad?” Tom Cruise asked as he was illuminated on the couch with a spotlight.

The actor ended the dramatic query with his patented muscle-flurrying jaw clench.

In his new movie, Oblivion, Tom Cruise plays Jack Harper, a former Marine commander, in the sci-fi flick set in a not-too-distant future of 2073.

Jack Harper is stationed on a fallen Earth following an alien invasion 60 years earlier.

The character comes across an enigmatic stranger played by Olga Kurylenko who crash lands in a spacecraft and Jack Harper is forced to question what he knows about Earth’s near-destruction and life as he knows it.

Oblivion also features British star Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo and Morgan Freeman and opens on April 19.

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Tom Cruise has made his first comments about his divorce from Katie Holmes last year during an interview with a German television.

Tom Cruise, 50, admitted: “I did not expect that.”

The actor added: “Life is a challenge. You are 50 and you think you have everything in order and suddenly it hits you, that’s what life is all about.”

Tom Cruise has made his first comments about his divorce from Katie Holmes last year during an interview with a German television

Tom Cruise has made his first comments about his divorce from Katie Holmes last year during an interview with a German television

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, 34, split last June just five days before the actor’s 50th birthday.

He said it gave him “an incredible amount of time to reflect” as he celebrated the milestone.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes entered negotiations almost straight away and last month a settlement was agreed with Katie being given primary custody of their 6-year-old daughter, Suri, and Tom getting extensive visitation rights.

Neither couple have ever given a reason for the split but rumors persist Katie Holmes was unhappy with the control the religion Scientology had over the family.

Tom Cruise said getting stuck into work helped him get over the heartbreaking split.

“Life is like a tragic comedy, you need a sense of humor,” he said.

The actor also spoke about doing his own action stunts in his latest $120 million sci-fi blockbuster Oblivion.

“I have done white water rafting, I dipped, with the snowmobile on the glaciers, drove around and climbed mountains.”

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes married in a lavish ceremony in Italy in November 2006 after a starting a very public whirlwind romance in April 2005.

Suri Cruise was born in April 2006 and played a star role in their nuptials.

Tom Cruise was previously married to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, with whom he has two adopted children, Isabella, 19, and 17-year-old Connor.

Tom Cruise’s new movie, Oblivion, which also stars Olga Kurylenko and Morgan Freeman, opens across America on April 19.

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Tom Cruise’s visit to Hertfordshire curry house Veer Dhara has been turned into a film.

Last August, Tom Cruise ordered lobster and chicken tikka masala when he and eight companions visited the Veer Dhara in St Albans.

A friend settled the bill after the restaurant told Tom Cruise it did not accept American Express.

A video about Tom Cruise’s curry night has been entered into the inaugural St Albans Film Festival’s short-film competition.

Festival director Leoni Kibbey said: “Everyone in the film is wearing a Tom Cruise mask. It’s very funny.”

Leoni Kibbey said the festival – which runs from March 8 until March 10 – showcases the county’s historic links with the film industry.

Director Stanley Kubrick lived in the St Albans area, film pioneer Arthur Melbourne-Cooper was born in St Albans and the Pinewood and Elstree studios are nearby.

Tom Cruise was in Hertfordshire last August for the filming of All You Need Is Kill, which was shot at the county’s Leavesden Studios.

Tom Cruise's visit to Hertfordshire curry house Veer Dhara has been turned into a film

Tom Cruise’s visit to Hertfordshire curry house Veer Dhara has been turned into a film

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Connor Cruise celebrated turning 18 with his sister Isabella having a DJ gig and taking to the decks at the Boujis nightclub in South Kensington

Connor Cruise celebrated turning 18 with his sister Isabella having a DJ gig and taking to the decks at the Boujis nightclub in South Kensington

Connor Cruise, Tom Cruise’s son, celebrated turning 18 yesterday having a DJ gig and taking to the decks at the trendy Boujis nightclub in South Kensington, London.

Connor Cruise had his biggest fan there to watch him – in the form of big sister Isabella, 20.

Connor and Isabella Cruise, who have always had a close relationship, were adopted by Tom Cruise and second wife Nicole Kidman.

He was dressed casually to celebrate his birthday and wore a red plaid shirt along with black trousers and matching lace-up shoes.

Joined by a group of friends in the club they drank Grey Goose Vodka and had some crack baby shots, which went down well.

Connor and Isabella Cruise both wrapped up warm to combat the cold weather, with Connor in a simple black coat and his sister sporting a khaki parka.

Isabella Cruise also wore a simple black tank top, matching skinny jeans tucked into oxblood Doc Martens and a navy beanie hat to keep her head warm.

Connor Cruise decided to pace himself before the evening’s festivities and sensibly squeezed a disco nap in.

He tweeted: “About to take a pregame nap cause I’m old before I head to @boujis for some fun.”

The comment was met with many of his Twitter followers chiding the teen for calling himself “old”, and some suggesting that his famous father was a good way ahead of him at 50.

Connor Cruise later added: “This debate over age is hilarious. All I can say is you are as young and as old as you act. In regards to my pops all I can say is #Ironman.”

Not seen today were either of the pair’s parents, who are both currently in Los Angeles.

Nicole Kidman recently said of her son and daughter in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter: “I have two children who are Scientologists – Connor and Isabella – and I utterly respect their beliefs.”

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Actress Nicole Kidman has opened up about her role in Stanley Kubrick’s final film, Eyes Wide Shut, in which she starred with her then-husband Tom Cruise.

In an article for The Hollywood Reporter, Nicole Kidman says she had to be “coaxed” into doing the kinky sex scenes with Tom Cruise.

Nicole Kidman – now a mother of two with husband Keith Urban – says she struggled with some of the sexual aspects of the movie – and revealed some of the more extreme footage was left on the cutting room floor.

The actress described how Stanley Kubrick had to “coax” her into some of the sexuality in the film in the beginning, but says she never felt it was “exploitive or unintelligent”.

Nicole Kidman wrote: “He [Stanley Kubrick] was very different with women than he was with men. He has daughters, so he was very paternal with me.”

She explained how the director tried to base the sexual thriller about a troubled married couple on her real-life relationship with Tom Cruise.

Nicole Kidman concedes he effectively failed in getting them to do so – saying while they realized that was his intention, the characters they played were “not really us”.

She also denied that the 1999 film contributed to the demise of her marriage to Tom Cruise. The couple divorced just two years after the movie was released.

Nicole Kidman explained how Stanley Kubrick tried to base Eyes Wide Shut about a troubled married couple on her real-life relationship with Tom Cruise

Nicole Kidman explained how Stanley Kubrick tried to base Eyes Wide Shut about a troubled married couple on her real-life relationship with Tom Cruise

Nicole Kidman writes: “People thought that making the film was the beginning of the end of my marriage – but I don’t really think it was.

“Tom and I were close then, and it was very much the three of us.”

Explaining how Stanley Kubrick tried to base the characters, Alice and Bill Harford, on her marriage to Tom Cruise, she explained: “Onscreen, the husband and wife are at odds, and Stanley wanted to use our marriage as a supposed reality.

“That was Stanley: He used the movie as provocation, pretending it was our sex life. Which we weren’t oblivious to, but obviously it wasn’t us.

“We both decided to dedicate ourselves to a great filmmaker and artist.”

Nicole Kidman admits, though, that not even she really fully understands the film, even to this day.

She writes: “People have asked me if Stanley ever told us what Eyes Wide Shut was about – and the answer is no. He didn’t believe in interpretation.”

Stanley Kubrick died aged 70 in March 1999, just four days after screening his final version of the film.

The actress also revealed she almost called him the night before his death, recalling how she was concerned over how frail he was.

Nicole Kidman went on: “If I were more intuitive I would have realized that he was not well. One of the worst things… was, I was going to call him and I didn’t. Instead I got a phone call [the next day] saying Stanley was dead. It was one of my great regrets that I didn’t call him that night.”

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Katie Holmes has cottoned onto the craze, jumping on the same bandwagon as Jessica Alba and Jay-Z, and even Rihanna who sampled the London Underground.

Katie Holmes was seen riding the New York subway on Wednesday, going incognito with her hair scraped back into a ponytail, opting to go make-up free beneath large sunglasses.

She also seemed to be prepping for winter, wearing a knitted cream sweater and dark blue jeans, carrying an oversized leather bag and the signature pose of a commuter – keeping her head buried

Using public transport is a stark change from her former life as a Cruise, when she relied not only on chauffeur-driven cars, but also on exclusive A-list travel methods of helicopter ferrying.

Katie Holmes rides the subway

Katie Holmes rides the subway

It’s almost as if Katie Holmes’ ride on the subway was a metaphorical two fingers up at ex-husband Tom Cruise.

On Tuesday, Katie Holmes was seen with daughter Suri, arriving home from school by foot instead of a lift from a personal driver.

The six-year-old started at the elite Avenues school in New York last month.

 

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Tom Cruise has been a regular fixture in London while filming a new blockbuster, and he was spotted again on Saturday night living it up in the West End.

Tom Cruise, 50, beamed with happiness after he dined at London’s The Ivy restaurant with friends, believed to include Touched by an Angel actress Roma Downey and her husband Mark Burnett.

The Top Gun star was spotted leaving the plush restaurant wearing his trademark aviators, black trousers and a dark jumper.

Tom Cruise is currently in London filming sci-fiction thriller All You Need Is Kill, which stars the actor as a soldier who dies in during battle against aliens.

Tom Cruise dined at London's The Ivy restaurant with friends, believed to include Roma Downey and her husband Mark Burnett

Tom Cruise dined at London's The Ivy restaurant with friends, believed to include Roma Downey and her husband Mark Burnett

However, Tom Cruise finds that he can relive his last day over and over again, and becomes more skilled as time goes on.

Directed by The Bourne Identity’s Doug Liman, the film also stars Emily Blunt and Titanic’s Bill Paxton as the tough leader of Tom Cruise’s platoon.

Since he began filming in London last month, Tom Cruise has managed to find the city’s nightspots with ease, and he was seen leaving Annabel’s private members’ restaurant and nightclub last week in the early morning.

Filming the movie in London has seen criticism aimed Tom Cruise’s way after it was reported it’s been over 50 days since he was publicly spotted with his six-year-old daughter Suri.

However, the actor’s lawyer Bert Fields has hit out at the suggestions Tom Cruise isn’t a devoted father, insisting the Hollywood icon speaks to his daughter “every day”.

Bert Fields added: “Tom has been in England shooting a film. He calls Suri every day, sometimes twice a day.

“He loves Suri and is a constant presence in her life. As in the past, when he’s shooting in a foreign country, he has to rely on daily phone calls.”

Suri Cruise lives with her mother Katie Holmes after her fatherand the former Dawson’s Creek divorced earlier this year.

He was last seen with his daughter during a daddy day out at Disney World in Orlando, Florida on August 16.

Tom Cruise is believed to be considering a permanent base in New York so he can spend more time with his daughter.

 

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The days of actors getting multi-million dollar salaries are over, says Brad Pitt during a recent interview.

“Yeah, that thing died,” Brad Pitt laughed when asked if it was possible for stars to still command a price tag upwards of $10 million per movie.

“That arithmetic doesn’t really work right now… that deal’s not flying these days.”

Brad Pitt has been a familiar fixture on lists detailing the highest paid actors.

Brad Pitt says the days of actors getting multi-million dollar salaries are over

Brad Pitt says the days of actors getting multi-million dollar salaries are over

The most recent Forbes list for 2012 was topped by Tom Cruise, with an estimated yearly salary of $75 million.

Meanwhile Brad Pitt is thought to have earned $25 million.

As for what state Hollywood is in, in general, Brad Pitt concedes: “It’s a really interesting time.

“A lot of the studios have been challenged because of the economic downturn as well so they’ve been betting on bigger, more tent pole kinds of things.

“At the same time that opens up a vacuum for really interesting new film makers to come in.”

So-called “tent pole” films take the biggest budgets but their profits are expected to prop up other movies for the major studios.

Brad Pitt’s acting work over the past few years has ranged from the Oscar nominated Moneyball, to the children’s animation Happy Feet 2 and most recently the crime thriller Killing Them Softly.

“You take the roles for the roles and you’ve just got to balance economics like everyone does,” Brad Pitt says.

There are still ways actors can rake in millions from a movie though, if they agree a smaller upfront salary in exchange for a cut of the eventual profits.

That model of course only works if the movie in question is a big hit at the box office.

Jude Law says that he’s never demanded a $20 million pay cheque: “No, not really, that’s never been my approach.”

Currently on screen in Anna Karenina, Jude Law concedes he has made salary demands in the past, but not in the way you may assume.

“There are certain films the only way to make them go away was just keep raising the fee, and eventually they go <<Oh, we can’t pay you that much!>> and then they go away.”

 

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Tom Cruise’s lawyer Bert Fields has denied claims that the Church of Scientology embarked on a long-term “auditioning” process to find the actor a new partner, after his 2001 divorce from Nicole Kidman.

Bert Fields called a Vanity Fair report, previewed on the magazine’s website, “long, boring and false”.

He said it was “a rehash of tired old lies” run in the supermarket tabloids.

Tom Cruise and his third wife Katie Holmes divorced in July this year.

The article, written for October’s edition of Vanity Fair, claimed the top-secret project was led by Shelly Miscaviage, the wife of Scientology leader David, in 2004.

Tom Cruise and his third wife Katie Holmes divorced in July this year

Tom Cruise and his third wife Katie Holmes divorced in July this year

Special correspondent Maureen Orth said she was told by “several sources” that actresses were quizzed by fellow Scientologists to find a suitable partner for Cruise, one of the organization’s most prominent proponents.

Actress Nazanin Boniadi, who was born in Iran and raised in the UK, told the magazine she was approached in 2004 and “audited”, before being selected to date Tom Cruise.

The article alleges their first date was conducted “with an entourage of Scientology aides”, but the relationship faltered after a few months and ended in 2005.

The Church of Scientology has spoken out against the feature in a statement.

“There was no project, secret or otherwise, ever conducted by the church to find a bride (via audition or otherwise) for any member of the church. Never.”

It claimed the magazine relied on a small group of “anti-Scientologists” for information, who had “shamelessly exploited Tom Cruise’s divorce by spreading false and invented tabloid stories.”

Vanity Fair says it stands by the story and has denied claims that it paid its sources.

Maureen Orth is a long-time contributor to the magazine, who has interviewed Vladimir Putin and Margaret Thatcher, as well as writing investigative articles about the allegations of sexual abuse levelled against pop star Michael Jackson.

Tom Cruise married Katie Holmes, with whom he has a daughter Suri, in an Italian castle in November 2006.

Katie Holmes filed for divorce at the end of June this year and the couple announced they had agreed a settlement several weeks later.

 

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Actress Katie Holmes was awarded just $400,000 a year in child support payments in her divorce settlement from Tom Cruise, according to new reports.

Katie Holmes, 33, signed a prenuptial agreement when she married Tom Cruise, 50, in 2006 which excluded her from his $250 million fortune.

According toTMZ, Katie Holmes will receive no spousal support from Tom Cruise. However, he is required to pay over $33,000 a month in child support for their six-year-old daughter Suri until she turns 18.

Tom Cruise will also pay for Suri’s medical and dental expenses as well as her insurance, education costs and college tuition. The money will reportedly be paid by electronic transfer.

Katie Holmes was awarded just $400,000 a year in child support payments in her divorce settlement from Tom Cruise

Katie Holmes was awarded just $400,000 a year in child support payments in her divorce settlement from Tom Cruise

The couple also agreed that their daughter will not attend boarding school, shooting down reports that Suri would be sent to a school which focused on Tom Cruise’s religion, Scientology.

Katie Holmes will have sole custody of Suri, however Cruise was granted “meaningful” visitation rights.

If their marriage had lasted more than 11 years, Katie Holmes, who earns a considerable amount less than her former husband, would have received half of Tom Cruises’ $250 million fortune.

“The case has been settled and the agreement has been signed,” her attorney told E! News recently.

“We are thrilled for Katie and her family and are excited to watch as she embarks on the next chapter of her life.

“We thank Tom’s counsel for their professionalism and diligence that helped bring about this speedy resolution.”

The settlement came just two months after Katie Holmes sensationally lodged the legal papers to end their five-year marriage.

Citing “irreconcilable differences” for the split, the actress requested sole legal custody and “primary residential custody” of Suri.

“We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter Suri’s best interests,” the former couple said in a joint statement.

“We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other’s commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other’s roles as parents.”

Meanwhile it has been reported that Tom Cruise, who is currently filming the movie All You Need Is Kill in London, has thrown himself into work since the breakdown of his marriage.

Speaking to Grazia a source said: “Tom’s friends and family have urged him to take a break, but he has brushed off their concern.

“He is refusing to slow down and is trying to soldier on. He doesn’t seem to be himself. He hasn’t been working out like he normally does and doesn’t appear to be eating well at all. His clothes just hang off him.”

The source also told the magazine: “His way of dealing with this is to throw himself into his work, but as a result he’s not looking after himself, and he risks cutting himself off from people who care about him and want to make sure he’s OK.”

Tom Cruise has two other children Connor, 17, and Isabella, 20, from his marriage to actress Nicole Kidman.

 

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Pictures of Tom Cruise from last month have shown what the strain of the collapse of his marriage to Katie Holmes has had on him, as he had shed 14 lbs

Pictures of Tom Cruise from last month have shown what the strain of the collapse of his marriage to Katie Holmes has had on him, as he had shed 14 lbs

 

Pictures of Tom Cruise from last month have shown what the strain of the collapse of his marriage to Katie Holmes has had on him, as he had shed 14 lbs.

Pictured on July 10 on the set of Oblivion 2, Tom Cruise, 50, looked quite beefed out compared to slim figure he cut three weeks later on July 28 in Malibu having lunch with his lawyer.

It has been reported that since Tom Cruise got word of Katie Holmes’ decision he has dived deeper into work, and is ignoring concern from his family members.

 

Speaking to Grazia a source said: “Tom’s friends and family have urged him to take a break, but he has brushed off their concern.

“He is refusing to slow down and is trying to soldier on. He doesn’t seem to be himself. He hasn’t been working out like he normally does and doesn’t appear to be eating well at all. His clothes just hang off him.”

The source also told the magazine: “His way of dealing with this is to throw himself into his work, but as a result he’s not looking after himself, and he risks cutting himself off from people who care about him and want to make sure he’s OK.”

Last week Wednesday, removal trucks were spotted at the Bel Air mansion that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes shared when they were married.

The movers were reportedly taking her belongings and moving them to an undisclosed storage unit.

It was the latest sign that the former Dawson Creek actress is moving on with her life following her shock split from the Hollywood superstar.

Katie Holmes lodged the legal papers in June, citing “irreconcilable differences” for the split and requesting sole legal custody and “primary residential custody” of Suri – the couple’s six-year-old daughter.

They released a joint statement last month, saying: “We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter Suri’s best interests.

“We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other’s commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other’s roles as parents.”

 

 

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Connor Cruise, Tom Cruise’ son, proudly posted a snap of him and his sister Isabella on his Twitter page last night.

Connor Cruise, who has just followed in his father’s footsteps with his first action film role, captioned the snap simply: “Me and my sister.”

The picture showed Connor Cruise, 17, posing with her arm around Isabella, 19, both teens grinning for the camera.

Isabella Cruise was casually dressed, wearing a slick of lipstick to brighten her look.

Connor Cruise proudly posted a snap of him and his sister Isabella on his Twitter page last night

Connor Cruise proudly posted a snap of him and his sister Isabella on his Twitter page last night

The aspiring artist has been spotted spending lots of time with boyfriend Eddie Frencher, a fellow Scientologist, recently.

The pair shares a modest apartment in the notorious Skid row district in Downtown Los Angeles and enjoys living a less famous life than her surname demands.

Meanwhile Connor Cruise has embraced the celebrity side of life, DJ-ing at Hollywood parties and now starring in a remake of Eighties teen action film Red Dawn.

He plays Daryl Bates in the movie, a member of armed resistance forces the Wolverines.

Tom Cruise and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman adopted Isabella in 1992, nine years before their separation, and added Connor to their family in 1995.

Since their parent’s divorce Connor and Isabella have remained with their father, being home schooled at his Los Angeles home, and are rarely seen with their mother.

Isabella and Connor are siblings to Suri Cruise, the daughter of recently divorced Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

 

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Actor Tom Cruise reunited with his daughter Suri in New York yesterday for the first time since his split from wife Katie Holmes.

Shooting on his latest movie Oblivion wrapped in California, Tom Cruise flew to New York overnight to see his youngest child.

Suri Cruise, 6, cuddled her father with one arm and clutched a soft toy in the other as he carried her into the Greenwich Hotel.

They later emerged, seemingly having changed outfits, with Suri switching from casual red flip-flops into a pair of burnt red patent flats – although her orange dress remained the same.

Tom Cruise reunited with his daughter Suri in New York yesterday for the first time since his split from wife Katie Holmes

Tom Cruise reunited with his daughter Suri in New York yesterday for the first time since his split from wife Katie Holmes

Tom Cruise, 50, also seemed to have freshened up, wearing a navy T-shirt instead of a light blue shirt.

His sister Cass Mapother was also seen arriving at the establishment with toys in tow.

Tom Cruise had no contact with Katie Holmes when he made a five minute visit to her apartment to collect their child earlier this morning, according to TMZ.

The actor and his daughter were last spotted in public together on June 16, when they dined at Sushi Samba in Reykjavik, Iceland, along with Katie Holmes.

It was no doubt an emotional reunion for father and daughter, who have been keeping in touch via phone and video chat in recent weeks.

Last week Tom Cruise’s lawyer, Bert Fields said the actor was eager to be with his daughter again, adding: “Tom loves Suri very, very much, as he does his other two children. Tom is a family man, and dedicated to his children. They are the centre of his world.”

Tom Cruise’s older children Isabella, 19, and 17-year-old Connor from his marriage to Nicole Kidman have both been spending time with him in recent weeks, including sombre birthday celebration on July 3.

Following her split from Tom Cruise on June 29, Katie Holmes has secured primary custody of their little girl in an undisclosed divorce agreement.

It was recently revealed Katie Holmes has enrolled Suri into New York’s Convent of the Sacred Heart School.

The conservative school – where former pupils include Lady Gaga and Paris Hilton – was chosen because the actress wants her daughter to have a Catholic education, rather than being taught at a Scientology school as Tom Cruise desired.

 

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Contrary to Tom Cruise child support rumors circulating around the Internet, the actor did not pay Katie Holmes a $50 million lump sum payment for the care of little Suri, Newsday reports.

A pre-nuptial agreement Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes signed means there will be no alimony for the actress. Tom Cruise will be paying approximately $10 million over the course of the next 12 years to Katie Holmes to take care of Suri in a manner in which she has become accustomed, according to information a “source” revealed to TMZ.

Tom Cruise will be paying approximately $10 million over the course of the next 12 years to Katie Holmes to take care of Suri

Tom Cruise will be paying approximately $10 million over the course of the next 12 years to Katie Holmes to take care of Suri

The quick and quiet divorce and child custody agreement between Tom Cruise and Katie Homes does grant Cruise “significant custodial time” with little Suri, but Holmes has primary physical custody. TMZ reports that previous media articles claiming that Suri Cruise must be in the presence of Katie Holmes’ nanny and bodyguards when she is in Tom Cruise’s care a “absolutely 100% false.” There are however “extremely detailed” custodial provisions about what Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes can discuss with Suri on several topics, one of which being religion. The restrictions on the discussions of Scientology and religion are reportedly “eased” as Suri ages.

“Tom was always most interested in his child,” Tom Cruise’s attorney Bert Fields told People magazine.

“He will have a meaningful relationship with Suri.”

Bert Fields was not able to give a specific time or date for the first visitation dates between Tom Cruise and Suri.

“I don’t know the details of his schedule, so I can’t comment. My guess is he’ll be seeing Suri very soon.”

Bert Fields also told People that there were no Scientologists present during the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorce and child custody negotiations.

Tom Cruise’s attorney also maintains that Scientologists were not “directing the negotiations” and calls such claims “hogwash.”

Bert Fields told People that both Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes “dealt rationally” with the custody and divorce issues, hashing out the important matters over several days until both parties were satisfied.

 

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Disc jockey Connor Cruise was spinning the tunes at the Expendables 2 party during Comic-Con in San Diego Thursday night.

Tom Cruise’s adopted son “didn’t appear to pay any attention to the scantily-clad dancers near him on the stage,” US Weekly reports.

“He was totally consumed by his DJ set.”

In reality, says the magazine, Connor Cruise has been disoriented by the quick break-up of his father, Tom Cruise and the woman who has been raising him for years – Katie Holmes.

“Connor is actually really upset,” US quotes an “insider” as saying.

“Katie was practically his mom. He called her mom, too.”

Disc jockey Connor Cruise was spinning the tunes at the Expendables 2 party during Comic-Con in San Diego

Disc jockey Connor Cruise was spinning the tunes at the Expendables 2 party during Comic-Con in San Diego

Connor Cruise, 17, and his sister Isabella, 19, were both adopted as babies by Tom Cruise while he was married to former wife, Nicole Kidman.

After their divorce, Nicole Kidman fled to Nashville with new husband, Keith Urban, and largely left the rearing of the couple to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have been together for eight years and have a six-year-old daughter, Suri.

During that time, Katie Holmes also took on the mothering role to the growing Connor and Isabella Cruise and was a regular at their school functions and sports games.

On Monday, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reached a speedy settlement after she blindsided the Mission Impossible star by suddenly filing divorce papers June 28.

Known as DJ C-Squared, it was a stoic Connor Cruise who spun last night from a Mac computer.

“He was very focused on the screen the entire time,” the eyewitness added.

In between sets, he talked to pals sitting with him in the DJ booth.

Connor Cruise’s DJ gig came a day after he visited newly single dad Tom on the Mammoth Lakes, California set of his film, Oblivion.

Father and son seemed very free with one another and smiled easily at one another.

 

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Tom Cruise’s lawyer has threatened the National Enquirer with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over a new issue asserting it has details of the actor’s recent split with wife Katie Holmes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The website posted a letter from Tom Cruise’s Los Angeles attorney, Bert Fields, in which he blasts American Media Inc, parent of the National Enquirer, for what he calls “false and vicious lies”.

Bert Fields went on to add that the “lies” will cause “hundreds of millions of dollars” in damages to Tom Cruise.

“As you were notified in advance, your current issue of National Enquirer makes numerous false and defamatory assertions about our client Tom Cruise,” the three-page letter begins.

Tom Cruise's lawyer has threatened the National Enquirer with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over a new issue asserting it has details of the actor's recent split with Katie Holmes

Tom Cruise's lawyer has threatened the National Enquirer with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over a new issue asserting it has details of the actor's recent split with Katie Holmes

The letter draws attention to disparaging descriptions of Tom Cruise in the Enquirer‘s issue that hit newsstands on Wednesday.

Bert Fields wrote: “These are all lies – vicious, hurtful, damaging lies.”

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have been the subject of hundreds of headlines worldwide since she filed for divorce from the actor two weeks ago, seeking sole custody of their six-year-old daughter, Suri.

Earlier this week, the couple agreed to a divorce and custody arrangement, but details were undisclosed.

Both have remained publicly silent about the issue, except for one joint statement in which they said they were working together to settle their differences in the best interest of Suri.

Speculation about a reason for the split has centered on Tom Cruise’s membership in the Church of Scientology, but that has never been confirmed by either the couple or their representatives.

 

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Eileen Berlin, Tom Cruise’s former personal manager, became his surrogate mother and mentor when he was on the cusp of fame and she says that she knew from the start that his relationship with Katie Holmes was doomed.

Breaking her silence for the first time since she signed the actor as her client soon after his 18th birthday, Eileen Berlin said last week that she blamed Tom Cruise’s pent-up anger created by an abusive childhood for his three broken marriages.

As a child, the star, born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, suffered from dyslexia, was bullied by his peers, and beaten and then abandoned by his father.

At 15, Tom Cruise entered a seminary, intending to become a priest.

Eileen Berlin, now 77, ran a New York film and theatrical management agency with her late husband and met Tom Cruise some three years later, after he dropped his surname and made acting his calling instead.

As a child, Tom Cruise suffered from dyslexia, was bullied by his peers, and beaten and then abandoned by his father

As a child, Tom Cruise suffered from dyslexia, was bullied by his peers, and beaten and then abandoned by his father

“His mom had asked him to leave her house, I think because he had had a teenage drinking problem,” Eileen Berlin said.

“She had remarried and he harbored a lot of anger and resentment at his natural father, who had deserted him and his three sisters.

“Every time I saw him, he would be with a girl, but I never saw him with the same girl twice. It was almost like he had to prove he was wanted – or maybe he wanted to feel loved.

“I wasn’t surprised Katie broke up with him. I was just surprised it lasted as long as it did. I was surprised when he married his first wife, Mimi Rogers, and I was surprised it lasted ten years a second time, with Nicole Kidman.

“Tom was moody and would get angry in a snap of your fingers. It was like something was smoldering and it would boil up and explode.”

Carrying a guitar and a duffle bag stuffed with a few possessions, Tom Cruise moved into the manager’s Manhattan apartment for three months after he signed up with her company. In 1981, Tom Cruise signed the contract for his breakthrough action film, Taps.

Eileen Berlin arranged for him to pose for publicity portraits. In one of them, dressed in tight jeans and a tank top, he strikes a belligerent pose and flexes his muscles but in others, he smiles with innocent charm.

“By the time I met him, he had decided he could be a star,” she said.

“He wanted to be treated like a star and he acted like a star. He would walk around my house in a little G-string strap and nothing else. I had a mirrored wall and he would stand in front of it, flexing his biceps and admiring himself.

“I was a bit embarrassed but he liked to show off his body. He had a great pride in it.”

Though he could be moody, the young lodger also had a charming side. Eileen Berlin said: “He was sweet, respectful and mannerly to a fault. He always addressed me as <<ma’am>> and my husband as <<sir>>. But he was so private, he couldn’t show his true feelings. You would get so far and he would close down. I am sure his wives would have come up against that barrier.”

“He would channel his rage into his roles,” Eileen Berlin said.

“For Taps, he locked himself in the closet. He said he thought about someone raping his sister before he filmed a scene where he blasted a machine gun. Once, my husband and I took him out for lunch while they were on location and a waitress said, <<Are you one of the actors?>> Tom said to us, <<Please tell her not to ask me any questions. I’m still in character>>.”

Another time, a row broke out when Eileen Berlin gave him a surprise birthday present – an album in which she had pasted photos of him from fan magazines. Eileen Berlin said: “He screamed, <<I didn’t want to be in the teen mags>>. He threw the album hard at me and it hit me on the cheek.”

Their professional relationship ended in 1983 but they stayed in touch and during a subsequent dinner, Tom Cruise mentioned the Church of Scientology, crediting it with helping him overcome his childhood learning disorder.

Eileen Berlin says she started to receive invitations to church events.

“I think Tom was the perfect candidate for Scientology,” she said.

“He didn’t believe in therapy but he obviously needed help. He just couldn’t have a relationship and I think that was because you have to open yourself up and he’d been too hurt by his father to do that.

“The world sees this good-looking guy, worth millions. I still just see this little boy.”

 

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Tom Cruise’s lawyers have taken at a swipe at Katie Holmes, accusing her and her legal team of “playing the media”.

While Tom Cruise, 50, has kept silent save for the statement he issued immediately after Katie Holmes made her announcement, his lawyer Bert Fields spoke to the BBC yesterday about the impending battle between the couple and their fight for custody of Suri, 6.

In a thinly veiled attack on Katie Holmes, he said: “We are letting <<the other side>> [Katie and her team], play the media until they wear everyone out and then we’ll have something to say.”

Bert Fields added: “Tactically we can’t say where Tom will file a divorce case and if he’ll be seeking joint custody of Suri.”

It was certainly an unprecedented broadside intended to draw sympathy away from Tom Cruise’s estranged wife, and all the more notable as the actor, who celebrated turning 50 this week is notoriously private.

Bert Fields, who spoke to BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat, would not be drawn on specific details of the divorce – but did use his opportunity to express that his client was “really sad about what’s happening”.

The lawyer added: “It’s not Tom’s style to do this publicly. He is really sad about what’s happening.”

It is believed Katie Holmes wants legal custody because she is worried about Tom’s devotion to sci-fi cult Scientology and the effect the quasi-religious sect may have on their six-year-old daughter.

However a source told TMZ: “[Katie] was totally committed to Scientology. She had enthusiasm for it and would voluntarily and gladly participate in it when Tom was off shooting movies.

“This is not a fight over religion. It’s being used as a way to hurt Tom.”

Tom Cruise's lawyers have taken at a swipe at Katie Holmes, accusing her and her legal team of “playing the media

Tom Cruise's lawyers have taken at a swipe at Katie Holmes, accusing her and her legal team of “playing the media

The now warring spouses are not speaking, but Tom Cruise is reportedly calling Suri “several times a day”.

Tom Cruise has borne the brunt of the negative publicity surrounding the divorce, and it seems his lawyer is keen to redress the balance.

But yet more revelations emerged today claiming Tom Cruise controlled Katie Holmes “like a puppetmaster making every major and minor decision in her personal and professional life”, wrote TMZ.

And sources close to Katie Holmes claimed: “In the end, she felt like she couldn’t breathe without his permission.”

In 2005, early in the couple’s relationship, during filming of Thank You for Smoking, Tom Cruise allegedly instructed producers to “kill” any promotional photos which showed Katie Holmes and co-star Aaron Eckhart engaged in kissing or “anything else compromising”.

Tom Cruise is also said to have imposed his will during her stint on Batman Begins to prevent Katie Holmes from flying with the rest of the cast. Instead, Katie Holmes was made to travel to set on Tom Cruise’s private jet.

A source told TMZ actor Morgan Freeman was supposedly “disgusted” by the situation.

Bert Field’s attack came as Katie Holmes stepped out looking worryingly thin with a tired looking Suri.

Katie carried her daughter during a trip with friends – accompanied by security – to the Children’s Museum of the Arts in the Soho area of New York City.

It emerged yesterday that Katie Holmes had been secretly planning her divorce assault for several weeks with the help of her father Martin Holmes.

The secretive plan included switching all her cell phones and email addresses.

Katie Holmes was said to be contact with Tom Cruise, right up until last week, playing the role of doting wife.

“She was talking to Tom on the phone up until last week saying, <<I love you>>,” a source told People magazine.

But the escape plan was well underway when Katie Holmes recently visited China for work commitments.

“Her inner circle has been planning this and switching out cell phones since she was in China [in mid-June],” the source said.

“When new cell phones arrived, then nobody could reach her. Her old best friends from last week don’t have her new number, no e-mail. She’s unreachable.”

Katie Holmes even allegedly bent the truth to Tom Cruise about her new Chelsea apartment.

“[Tom] knew that she moved there, but [he thought it was] for different reasons,” the source told People.

“She said she moved there to drive into the underground garage. There are fewer paparazzi and it’s less intrusive for her,” the source continued.

“It was the first phase of getting everything out of the house, and that’s why she was able to say she’s moving without giving an indication that she was going to divorce him.”

Katie Holmes’ father also fired some of his daughter’s assistants and hired new ones in place to help out with the grand plan.

In their new apartment building, neighbors say mother and daughter are a joy to have.

“Katie and Suri have been very friendly to everyone they see in the building,” a source told Radaronline.

“But they mostly keep to themselves.”

However the pair has been spotted using the communal children’s playroom.

“Suri was there playing. Katie was with her and they were very sweet to the other people in the room.

“There were a few other kids there and Suri quietly played with them. She seemed like a nice little girl and the other kids looked like they were having fun with her.”

Tom Cruise, who has kept busy by shooting his latest movie Oblivion in Iceland, returned to Los Angeles earlier this week where he marked his 50th birthday with a quiet lunch alongside adopted children Connor and Isabella, but not Suri.

He is said to have made it his “first priority” to get temporary visitation rights to his daughter Suri.

Tom Cruise intends to go to court in Los Angeles in person to ensure he is legally allowed to see the youngster.

Katie Holmes filed for the divorce in New York because she believes she has a better chance of winning sole custody, and although Tom Cruise was encouraged to file in California, the law states divorce cannot be filed in separate states at the same time.

A source said: “Tom has told Dennis Wasser and Bert Fields, his long-time entertainment lawyer, that his first priority is getting a court order in place, obviously a temporary one, that will allow him to legally see his daughter.

“Team Cruise has extensive documentation to prove that Los Angeles is where the case should proceed, because this is where he says they have lived.

“Tom is extremely disappointed that Katie filed in New York, and he feels that she is trying to cut him out of their daughter’s life.

“Tom won’t tolerate it and told his lawyers that if he personally needs to go to court and make a plea in front of the judge for an order allowing him to see his daughter, he will.”

 

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Despite her smiling exterior the strain of Katie Holmes’ break-up from Tom Cruise is showing itself in other ways – most notably her rail-thin body.

Katie Holmes, 33, failed to hide her shrinking frame when she spent the day with her and Tom Cruise’s only child, daughter Suri.

Her blue and orange halterneck top clearly displayed her bony back and angular collarbone and her blue jeans seemed to hang off her.

Katie Holmes’ outing came as Tom Cruise’s lawyer lashed out at the actress and her legal team, accusing them of “playing the media”.

High profile lawyer Bert Fields spoke to BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat. He would not be drawn on specific details of the divorce – but did stick the knife in and insisted Tom Cruise was “really sad about what’s happening”.

While Katie Holmes attempted a steely resolve yesterday, Suri Cruise looked tired and strained by the emotional custody battle her parents are to embark on.

Katie Holmes failed to hide her shrinking frame when she spent the day with her daughter Suri

Katie Holmes failed to hide her shrinking frame when she spent the day with her daughter Suri

The six-year-old is currently dealing with the news that her parents are set for a high-profile divorce.

Katie Holmes held her daughter tenderly in her arms during a trip with friends – and of course security – to the Children’s Museum of the Arts in the Soho area of New York City.

Little Suri, dressed in a pink dress and holding onto a cuddly toy, clung to her mother.

On Fourth of July, Katie Holmes – who filed for divorce from the Hollywood star last week – spent American holiday Independence Day as a single mother for the first time.

Katie Holmes was seen at Wholefoods supermarket near her Chelsea apartment stocking up on food supplies.

Making her way to the store, dressed casually in a denim shirt and a floral summery skirt, the mother-of-one looked feminine and pretty as she skipped along with Suri, who was in the same multi-coloured poppy dress she was in the night before.

Inside the market, Suri rode in the front of the shopping cart playing with a pale pink cowboy hat, with Katie Holmes photographing her wearing it.

The mother and daughter duo were accompanied by one of Katie Holmes’ bodyguards from her top heavy security team.

During the outing Katie Holmes reassured fans that she is coping following the split from Tom Cruise.

Approached as she stocked up on food, Katie Holmes told a New York Daily News reporter: “I’m alright. Thank you.”

Meanwhile it emerged that Katie Holmes is set to show her label Holmes & Yang at New York Fashion Week this September for the first time.

A spokesperson for Katie Holmes told WWD that her personal life would not impact her fashion label, despite her high-profile split from Tom Cruise last week.